Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-28
COR0NET WINS THE RACE.
Nothing SEEN OF THE DAONI-
W. LESS UP TO NOON.


The Passage Made in Ia Days ~ h"Wrs %
nd 2 Minutes Actual Eime no
Weather SO Tempestuous That ohly
~ ,,nas Were Made in 4S Hours at one
stage of the Voyage
NEW YORK, March 27.-The yacht
ca,onet arrived off Queenstown at 1880
,,clock this morning. Nothing mas oeen
.oor of the Dauntless. The coroner
gos.od the winning point under fulI
rross Of canvas, with the wind west north
west ard fresh.
Mr. Bush, owner Of the Coronet, says
10 will challenge the Dauntless to race
back to this port.
ENCOUNTERED GALES.
IoNDON. March 27.-In passing the
riyen line, Roche's Point, the victorious
Tacbt fred five guns, and her time was at
orca taken by the Secretary and members
of the Royal Cork Yacht Club, who had
heep on the lookout for her arrival. The
club then hoisted signal announcing
n>Coronet's arrival, the various stations
answering the pennant. The wind was
biowinr hard and the COronet entered
rork harbor in spanking style with all
rail set and hugging the western shore.
From The start to the finish the CorOnet
experienced strong gales with tremen-
ions seas. On Tuesday and ednesday
last she hove to for several hours eacn
day. and made only ninety miles In forty
eight hours. Her average run during the
MASSAGE varied from $50 to 250 miles day.
The COrOuet people believe that the
40 fWputV. .fOpr TO thirty
hours later IN arriving. Capt. Anderson
saws the weather was the worst he ever
experienced in all his TIA Atlantic
voyages,
STATISTICS OF THE VOYAGE.
QUEENSTOWN, March The Coronet
arrived at 12:4 o'clock this afternoon.
The apparent time occupied in the pas
sageis IA days, 90 hours, "a minutes and
as seconds, and the actual time computed
On the Greenwich basis is IA days, 10
hours, minutes and IA seconds. The
whole number of nautical miles sailed is
2949. The longest days run is 291.5
miles, made Saturday, March 26, and the
shortest 1873 miles, made Tuesday, March
%. The weather was uncOmmonly tenn
pestuOus, even for this season Of the year.
No less than seven heavy gales contrived
10 keep the sea in ferment for eleven
days of the trip, and for two days the
weather was so severe as to make the
question Of the yachts living through
them somewhat doubtful.
BEHAVED sPLENDIDLY.
She behaved splendIdly, however, In all
sorts of weather, and proved herself one
OF the stancnest, If not one of the fastest
vessels of her type af0at. No accidents
happened to any of the sailors despite the
riGEG nnmnOtlah n
undertake at times. With the exception
Of three torn sails and a little broken
tackle everything on board the boat was
In as good shape when the anchor was
dropped off Queenstown as when it was
raised of Tompkinsvlile, Staten Island.
1t Is thought that much quicker pas
sage might have been made had Capt.
Crosby carried more sail.
ON THE SAFE SIDE.
On several occasions when the wind
was light but the sky threatening he was
kVery cautious, and his Judgment was con-
Erolled largely by the barometer, which
vas much of the time below 80 and sell
IN above 30, the normal height in the
Jude traversed. The course made was
ttle more northerly than was thought
NoDut fortunately no icebergs or field
IPre encountered. The number of
S5ns on board the CorOnet was 30, in
.a|ng 10 sailors, officers, the stew ard,
@N, messboy and guests. The officers
Sc; Captain, G. T. Crosby; navigator,
~ Z. Anderson; mates, w. A. Whit
rK ana Otto Peterson; boatswain, Au-
gus Bergholm.
~ THE FIRST SUNDAY OUT.
THhe Coronets first Sunday at sea was
| rerked, as were seven of the ten sue.
IBsidlng days, by gales which came from
Ief northeast soon after midnight, AL
Il ugh lalrly moderate, it was accOmpa-
iC9u Dy a strong head sea, which made
ne yacnt labor heavily. Waves fire.
uentiy broke over the bows, but she
ode IL out well under clOse-reefed fore
anu malnsalls and jb, and averaged ten
mites an hour on the course throughout.
nus early were the sea-going qualities of
Tue NorOnet tried. She proved herself as
u,uoYant az cork. The weather con.
vrhueu heaVy until Monday at midnight,
"nen Ihe wind died away.
THE SECOND GALE.
,.y Larly tuesday morning the wind arose
tionl h, the northeast and by DAYLIGHT il
,t UIe" gaze. The distance Travelled from
ma re START t 10 sunday noon was 248 miles,
mI .,aN lIoin Monday TO Tuesday noon 244
hn toward midnight Tuesday night
ho S".e Se. suoslded and the wind shifted 10
nHos "est' tuesday the Coronet made 1856
bn %o,. anu Wednesday 2l6 miles, bring
Ig ner TO LATITUDE Al ~ and longitnda
80. I'D Inc most terrific storm of the
was Sodeo occurred on st. Patrick's day. 1t
Itba' hn noe unexpected, for the Indicator on
IJnv,D USLolileler. whose tendency had been
[5ro,''"alu lOf three days, suddenly
'ropped from 90, 20 to 2S.54.
BREAKING OF THE STORM,
Xninn,orm Tv storm first developed soon after
kyest ~ 80 III sharp squalls from the south
Iitul w., ,'u driving rain. The wind was
ouihao" uine, coming variously from
bno1v 10 southwest and south, but
oicio 1etued upon the southwest. At
ng yeTv A III Ihe morning it. began blow
eeoma nalu, anu by noon the storm had
be yoIont.lI tu.lIlcahe and two hours later
stimatnd oi the wind was
am at eighty miIns on
Uul' IL was a grand battle ~ ,Sa oin nn
avs eS' h such as Is seldom Witnessed. Tho
80 res were almost mountain MIR rrhaiu
vi ace ace was lashed into snow.whita foa,,,
bo,nou tHe mead OF one rose higher than
raw tue wind carried IL off in n densa
II n, "nIch, when driven into ones faoe
Feales. Tub vi nne-pointed
~. koAR OF THE WIND.
bpged' d'oaring of the wind was like n nro.
Nance w. vi thunder, and the resem-
hid Aas6 oonpleted by an occasional
A test fo. NEhtnlng. This was Sc
As 81 small "A boat as the Coro.
Smed e. eauK In the trough Of the sen
inagt as the waves, which yvera
nsst nigh, would enyuif har ir"1ae 80
GO iOre-trysaiI aha ,,,s,,' "o'' Cnuer.